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This week’s hand is in the column mainly because of the superb play by declarer, but the bidding to get to the Grand Slam was a work of art in terms of system and communication, and is well worth looking at. The hand was reported by the excellent Tim...

Glenasia Butterfield has found her happy place at Sui Generis. The Hamilton dance school’s camp is a first for the autistic seven-year-old who loves that it allows her to be “just like any other kid”. “She has progressed since she’s been here,” said ...

Pupils with a passion for robotics took on the opportunity of a lifetime and helped a team of scientists deploy an underwater drone. Twenty youngsters with the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences travelled to a wreck off St David’s and to reefs at No...

Student hospital volunteers planning to go to university to pursue careers in health have received a financial boost from the Hospitals Auxiliary of Bermuda. The HAB has presented scholarships to senior candystriper volunteers who are going to univer...

Keep your head above water. Turn your face to the sun. Chin up. To a naturally positive person the meaning of each of these statements seems so obvious they will be wondering why I am even bothering to write about this. But that’s not the case for ev...

Dakota Tucker graduated from high school and took a minute to think about what that meant. It’s how her single, My Gratitude, was born. As she states at the beginning of it: “This song is dedicated to everyone who has been there for me, loved me and ...

The next time you head to the beach, make sure and stick Aaron Kampe’s little black bottle in your bag. Called Sting Away, it promises immediate relief from the pain that jellyfish and sea lice can bring. If it is a Portuguese man o’ war that caused ...

Bermuda has a new podcast, Crockpot Convos, which last month stirred the pot with an episode on faith. It’s a family affair – my nieces Selita Daniels and Chelsea Crockwell and I launched it as a no-judgment, safe space where topics of personal and c...

Something this week to not only test the grey cells, but also to enchant and amuse. You are playing in a high stakes rubber bridge game against opponents that are not only good but have enough money to back their judgement, and you pick up this hand ...

Seventy years after their wedding day and Kenneth Simmons still describes his wife Gloria as his true love match. “I have the feeling it was sort of meant to be,” the 95-year-old said. “Everything sort of fell in place for us to be married but the ma...